Sheikh

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 SAIRA SHEIKH, an individual, 12 Plaintiff, Case No. 2:25-cv-00111-TLN-CSK 13 v. 14 DAVITA INC., a Delaware corporation; ORDER DVA RENTAL HEALTHCARE, INC., a 15 Tennessee corporation; and DOES 1 through 10, inclusive, 16 Defendants. 17 18 19 This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff Saira Sheikh’s (“Plaintiff”) Motion to Remand. 20 (ECF No. 4.) Defendants DaVita, Inc. (“DaVita”) and DVA Healthcare, Inc. (“DVA”) 21 (collectively, “Defendants”) filed an opposition. (ECF No. 11.) Plaintiff did not file a reply. For 22 the reasons set forth below, the Court DENIES Plaintiff’s Motion to Remand. 23 I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND 24 This case arises from an employment dispute. Defendants employed Plaintiff as a File 25 Clerk from February 11, 2005 to August 1, 2024. (ECF No. 4 at 3.) On or about April 29, 2024, 26 Plaintiff’s husband sustained a severe back injury in a car accident requiring surgery. (Id. at 4.) 27 Plaintiff took temporary leave to serve as her husband’s caregiver and…